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Stanford loses the doubles point again, but comes back with four singles wins again--from Higuchi, Shin, Lord, and Lampl with the clincher!

We move on to face #1 seed Vanderbilt in the final tomorrow at 1:00pm Eastern/10:00am Pacific--Stanford's third consecutive trip to the national title match.  Vanderbilt won in Nashville 7-0, but we didn't have Lord in that one (and it was only our second match of the young season), so everyone was playing up a spot in the lineup (at that point, I was assuming Lord was our #1), and without a lot of match experience.  At full strength, UTR pegs us as a favorite in 4 of 6 matches (note, the UTRs have been updated through the quarterfinals):

1. Gordon trails by 0.15
2. Lord trails by 0.05
3. Lampl leads by 0.18
4. Arbuthnott leads by 0.21
5. Shin leads by 0.35
6. Higuchi leads by 0.48

Vanderbilt had their own tough-fought semifinal today, beating Georgia Tech 4-2 on the strength of the doubles point, straight-set wins at #1 and #2, and a three-set win at #3, while suffering straight-set losses at #4 and #5 (Vandy was up a break in the third set on Court 6 when the match was abandoned).  

Even playing out of position, Stanford was competitive in many matches:  

* Gordon played Vanderbilt's Sharma close at #1, losing in three sets.  
* Yee lost both sets at #6 in tiebreakers to Amanda Meyer, who now plays #4 for Vandy.
* Higuchi lost 7-6, 7-5 at Court 4
* Shin lost her match in a third-set tiebreaker. 
* Lampl lost in three sets

Only Arbuthnott got smoked, and she was playing #2 then, against then-4th-ranked (now 10th-ranked) Contreras. It'll be a different story at Court 4 against Meyer. We'll have just two rematches: Gordon vs. Sharma at 1 and Lampl vs. Rosca at 3; the rest will be different matchups.

[ColoradoTree]

Stanford loses the doubles point again, but comes back with four singles wins again--from Higuchi, Shin, Lord, and Lampl with the clincher!

We move on to face #1 seed Vanderbilt in the final tomorrow at 1:00pm Eastern/10:00am Pacific--Stanford's third consecutive trip to the national title match.  Vanderbilt won in Nashville 7-0, but we didn't have Lord in that one (and it was only our second match of the young season), so everyone was playing up a spot in the lineup (at that point, I was assuming Lord was our #1), and without a lot of match experience.  At full strength, UTR pegs us as a favorite in 4 of 6 matches (note, the UTRs have been updated through the quarterfinals):

1. Gordon trails by 0.15
2. Lord trails by 0.05
3. Lampl leads by 0.18
4. Arbuthnott leads by 0.21
5. Shin leads by 0.35
6. Higuchi leads by 0.48

Vanderbilt had their own tough-fought semifinal today, beating Georgia Tech 4-2 on the strength of the doubles point, straight-set wins at #1 and #2, and a three-set win at #3, while suffering straight-set losses at #4 and #5 (Vandy was up a break in the third set on Court 6 when the match was abandoned).  

Even playing out of position, Stanford was competitive in many matches:  

* Gordon played Vanderbilt's Sharma close at #1, losing in three sets.  
* Yee lost both sets at #6 in tiebreakers to Amanda Meyer, who now plays #4 for Vandy.
* Higuchi lost 7-6, 7-5 at Court 4
* Shin lost her match in a third-set tiebreaker. 
* Lampl lost in three sets

Only Arbuthnott got smoked, and she was playing #2 then, against then-4th-ranked (now 10th-ranked) Contreras. It'll be a different story at Court 4 against Meyer. We'll have just two rematches: Gordon vs. Sharma at 1 and Lampl vs. Rosca at 3; the rest will be different matchups.